Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Divine Mentor Reading: It is not About Me! by Debbie McGrath

Today's Reading: Job 19, Mark 1 & 2

As you know in the book of Job - Job loses everything - family, friends, possessions and health.
But through it all - He never lost his faith.  Through the hardships and suffering he stayed focused on God.  Love what Job wrote in verse 25-27 -
 I know that my Redeemer lives
and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him 
with my own eyes-I, and not another
How my heart years within me!

His focus was on God - not himself!  When you get to Mark 1- we are introduced to John the Baptist.
John was baptizing in the desert region and preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin.
In verse 7 He says: "After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.  He points others to Christ, not to Himself.

When I read these chapters, I am reminded of what Max Lucado wrote:
God does not exist to make a big deal out of us.
We exist to make a big deal out of Him.
It's not about you.
It's not about me. 
It's all about Him!


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